Microsoft's October security bulletin, released on Tuesday, October 13, 2009, contains 13 critical and important security updates, which are designed to correct various remote code execution vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, Internet Explorer, Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft .NET and Windows Media.

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On Thursday, October 8, 2009, Adobe Systems issued a security bulletin about a critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.3 and earlier, affecting Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX platforms.

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On March 29, 2009, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued an alert about the Conficker worm--also referred to as "Downadup"--which was projected to cause disruptions on Wednesday, April 1, by taking over infected computers running the Windows XP and Vista operating system (OS).

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On December 17, 2008, Microsoft released a critical security update for Internet Explorer 7. This update corrects a vulnerability that allows attackers to gain access to Windows systems without authentication through remote code execution while you are browsing the Web.

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As of Monday, December 1, 2008, Information Technology Services will no longer deliver email that is tagged as spam by USC's email filters to your Inbox.

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Please be advised that Microsoft has released a critical security update (KB958644) for all currently supported versions of Windows, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. This update is rated important for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

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If you currently subscribe to RSS feeds for ITS alerts on the ITS home page, you will need to update your subscription by Friday, October 31, in order to continue receiving feeds.

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The upgrade of the Corporate Time calendaring server has been completed. Users may now access the Corporate Time server using desktop clients. Updates to the web client are still in progress and should be completed shortly. In the meantime, users may access the old web client at https://secweb.usc.edu/ctweb/lexacal.fcgi. (Updated at 11:00 a.m.)

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Please be advised that there is a Trojan horse infection being spread over the Internet through banner ads and in PDF documents. In order to protect your computer, you are strongly advised to update to Adobe Acrobat Reader version 8.1.2.

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Please be advised that there are many phishing email messages being sent to USC account holders with the Subject line: Re-Activate Your Account (USC SUBSCRIBERS). These messages urge recipients to reply by email and include their USC password. These messages are NOT legitimate. USC and ITS will never request that you submit personal information, including your password over email.

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Many of the general-use classrooms that were formerly supported by carts have been upgraded to media-basic status as part of a university-wide initiative.

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The Information Technology Services' Communications Services Group (CSG) will close its satellite office, located at Parking Structure D (PSD), on June 30, 2007.

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On June 18, 2007, ITS retired the following webserver: unsupported.usc.edu.

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Information Technology Services is pleased to announce a new on-campus location for the ITS Customer Support Center's walk-in services.

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